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Last published 2026
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Leanne Whiteside-Mansell

High Impact

Former Director of the Research and Evaluation Division (RED)

Also affiliated: Medical University of South Carolina (2017); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2007–2019); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (2015); Arkansas Children's Research Institute (2018); The Ohio State University (2018); Colorado State University (2018)

38 h-index 147 pubs 3,616 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Child, Preschool
  • Male
  • Child
  • Adult
  • Poverty
  • Early Intervention, Educational
  • Parenting
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Child Development
  • Mothers
  • Infant, Premature
  • Arkansas

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Leanne Whiteside-Mansell's research focuses on child development, parenting, and the impact of socioeconomic factors on child outcomes. Her work investigates the relationship between poverty and early childhood development, including an examination of growth problems in low birth weight preterm infants and their school-age outcomes.

Her research also explores parenting stress among low-income parents and the measurement of home environments for children. Whiteside-Mansell has published on the psychometric properties of parenting assessment tools and has examined the HOME Inventory in different cultural contexts. She has also studied the reliability and validity of instruments designed to measure the potential for child maltreatment.

With an h-index of 35 and over 3,200 citations across 139 publications, Whiteside-Mansell is recognized as a highly cited researcher. She leads a research group and maintains an active lab website. Her key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include James P. Selig, Dong Zhang, Lorraine McKelvey, and Geoffrey M. Curran.

Metrics

  • h-index: 38
  • Publications: 147
  • Citations: 3,616

Positions

Selected Publications

  • Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment: Collecting Data Virtually (2026)
    Clinical Pediatrics DOI OpenAlex
  • Risks of adverse childhood experiences on healthcare utilization and outcomes in early childhood (2023)
    Child Abuse & Neglect 13 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Safety Baby Shower Intervention Improves Safe Sleep Knowledge and Self-Efficacy among Expectant Teens (2023)
    SAGE Open Nursing 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) before age 3: Evidence for the Family Map Inventory (2022)
    HS Dialog The Research to Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Engaging Families and Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences in Early Head Start (2022)
    HS Dialog The Research to Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field DOI OpenAlex
  • Predictors of sustainment of two distinct nutrition and physical activity programs in early care and education (2022)
    Frontiers in Health Services 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring Interrelatedness of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Using Latent Class Approaches to Examine Developmental Outcomes (2022)
    Adversity and Resilience Science 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Obesity prevention practices in early care and education settings: an adaptive implementation trial (2022)
    Implementation Science 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Stakeholder selected strategies for obesity prevention in childcare: results from a small-scale cluster randomized hybrid type III trial (2021)
    Implementation Science 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Community Legal Systems: Targeting PrEP and HIV Education to Decrease Risk of HIV Transmission (2021)
    AIDS and Behavior 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A mixed-methods protocol for identifying successful sustainability strategies for nutrition and physical activity interventions in childcare (2021)
    Implementation Science Communications 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessing the Effect of a Pre-Birth Child Passenger Safety Educational Intervention on Appropriate Child Restraint Use (2020)
    PEDIATRICS DOI OpenAlex
  • Pester Power: Examining Children's Influence as an Active Intervention Ingredient (2020)
    Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • HIV Stigma: A Clinical Provider Sample in the Southern U.S. (2020)
    Journal of the National Medical Association 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Generations in Families Talking Safe Sleep (GIFTSS) (2020)
    Social Science Protocols 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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